A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church.
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A presbyter elder; a minister
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A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
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One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
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A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
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The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
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